Template : About other people

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Module:About other people

This template acts like {{ Other people }} , but includes an extra parameter that describes the subject of the article.

Usage

The first parameter is mandatory; omitting it produces an error message, and a maintenance category that can be suppressed by supplying a category parameter with a falsy value. For example:

{{About other people|category=false}} → Error: no page subject specified ( help ).

The second parameter defines the ambiguous name, changing the "other people" text to include it and improving the default disambiguation page:

{{About other people|an example person}} →
{{About other people|an example person|Jane Doe}} →

As with {{ Other people }} , the message produced when the second parameter is defined can be customized using the named parameter. For example, named=titled can be useful:

{{About other people|some "Lord Byron" or other|Lord Byron|Baron Byron|named=titled}} →

The third and any further parameters define custom targets for the hatnote:

{{About other people|ABOUT|NAME|PAGE1}} →
{{About other people|ABOUT||PAGE1|PAGE2|PAGE3} →

TemplateData

Produces a disambiguation message to aid readers distinguish between articles on people with the same or similar name, prefixed with a message clarifying the subject of the article.

Template parameters [ Edit template data ]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page subject	`1`	A descriptor for the page subject	String	required
Name	`2`	Sets the name to be disambiguated	String	suggested
Target page 1	`3`	The name of a page to which the disambiguation message should point	Page name	suggested
Target page 2	`4`	The name of an additional target page	Page name	optional
Target page 3	`5`	The name of an additional target page	Page name	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:About other people/doc .
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template .

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